Event Details

Territorial Dialogue 2008

Brdo, SI

4 March 2008

4 March 2008

Following the success of the Committee of the Regions' (CoR) Second Territorial Dialogue in March 2007, and the CoR's decision to annually address the Presidency of the Council regarding the effective implementation of the Lisbon strategy at the regional and local level, the CoR is now organising its Third Territorial Dialogue, co-hosted by the Slovene Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The Territorial Dialogue gives regional and local stakeholders the opportunity to express their views to representatives of the European Commission, the Slovene, French and Czech Presidencies and European associations, and to engage in a useful dialogue on how to tackle the challenges local and regional authorities face in implementing the Lisbon Strategy.

This year's Territorial Dialogue will also be an occasion to discuss with relevant stakeholders the Report to the European Spring Council 2008 by the Committee of the Regions' Lisbon Monitoring Platform. The report is the CoR's response to the request of the Spring European Council 2006 to provide a summary report in support of the Jobs and Growth Strategy by 2008, and aims to assess the effects of the revised Lisbon Strategy on the local and regional level and to provide an outlook beyond 2008. It also reflects the key role that regions and cities play as economic actors.

Mr Marko Juvancic

Government Office for Local Self government and Regional Policy

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